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On 23 Apr 2001, at 20:49, Barry Viss wrote: > Umm...I haven't used Sea Foam but I did put in some similar stuff > about 230 miles ago. Okay, I guess Ill drain that oil tomorrow? heh > heh heh..... Does anyone else have any experience with this? Don't > multi-weights all have detergent in them also? you mean to tell me no > one uses multi-weight oil on a stock engine? If we can't do this is, > their any other way to get rid of all that "neatly stored gunk" ? All modern oils contain detergents, but their job is to keep the stuff that is already loose in suspension until it can be filtered out. It is another matter to try to loosen up the stuff that settled out long ago. The only difference between the old stuff and the new stuff is that the old stuff is in big chunks, and I suspect that Keith's right about how bad it can be to suddenly break all of it loose at once in an engine. This is probably a good example of letting sleeping dogs lie. Clean it out when you rebuild the engine. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org